Abstract: Each storage provided for an storing apparatus is provided with: a driving device capable of reciprocating the load in a horizontal one direction and in a vertical direction; and a rack having a plurality of rack portions at a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, each stage including one or a plurality of rack portions in the horizontal one direction, the rack portion capable of accommodating or putting thereon the load to be displaced by the driving device. The storing apparatus is provided with a plurality of controllers, which control the loading and unloading in respective groups, each group comprising at least one or a plurality of storages of the plurality of the storages, and which can perform complementary control with each other.